Between Parisian Barricades and Buenos Aires Resistance: The Pulse of Public Education
Interview . Journalistic WritingIn recent weeks, Paris has become the focal point of massive student mobilizations protesting against rising living costs and public education cutbacks. Rita Wroclawski, a University of Buenos Aires student living in the French capital for the past year and the daughter of a French father, experiences the unrest firsthand. Between general assemblies, university occupations,
A Journey of becoming yourself
InterviewWhat does it mean to live in a society where your identity is always being questioned? For most people, living an ordinary life is something they take for granted. For this thirty year old woman it is something she has spent years fighting for. Through our conversation lies a story of self-discovery, emotional struggles and
It seems like you no longer have to be in Scandinavia to get ‘Scandi vibes’. You just have to be in Munich.
InterviewScandinavian-inspired stores seem to be everywhere in Munich. I asked Homegirl Store founder Medo Diet what drew her customers to Scandinavian fashion. When I first walked through the streets in Munich, I felt far from my home in Denmark. And yet in those same streets, I kept encountering something familiar, like small postcards from home.
Lucas Signes on Film, Identity and Global Inspiration
Interview . UncategorizedI first met Lucas during a filmmaking program at Venice International University in Italy, where his creative instincts and commitment to storytelling were clear from the very start. Now studying in Edinburgh, he reflects on a journey that began in Paris at age 13, where weekly cinema trips and early experiments with video editing sparked
Short Stays, Shared Music: Finding Belonging in Munich’s International Orchestra
InterviewThe Munich International Orchestra (MIO) brings together local and international musicians, including exchange students who stay for only one or two semesters. Alongside making music, its rehearsals and social gatherings offer opportunities to build a community. We spoke with Anne, MIO’s second board member, who is originally from Luxembourg and works in public relations. Having
A sweet adventure
Interview . Journalistic WritingMoving abroad to pursue the career of your dreams can be filled with challenges and obstacles. Dídac, a young apprentice pastry chef, moved to Munich to learn about the culture, discover new recipes, and, above all, expand his work experience. This adventure also meant stepping into a new environment with new people and a different
One Exam After Another
InterviewIn China, candidates sometimes call their first attempt at the graduate entrance exam their ‘first battle’. A retake is their ‘second battle’. For Carl, it was one battle after another. The physics graduate from Hunan, a province in southern China, left a management programme in Shanghai after about two months to try again for a
Learn with AI, Live with AI
InterviewChatGPT, Claude, Gemini…students nowadays are quite familiar with these names. But how do students learn with AI, and how to apply AI in a reasonable way? To answer these questions, I interviewed Andres Rivera, a senior student from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), majoring in psychological field. He is going on an exchange semester
Not only one solution
Interview . Journalistic WritingI interviewed Anne, who is a German student at LMU. Her major is education. I met her for the first time when she became my buddy last September. She is interested in Japan and uses a PC with a Japanese keyboard. I was surprised because I had never met German people who used one. So,
Beyond Buildings: Rethinking Architecture in Weimar
InterviewKim Jimin is a friend I first met in high school. Like many Korean students, we spent most of our school years focused on getting good grades. But during her second year of high school, Jimin discovered a passion for architecture and started studying it on her own. Her dedication eventually led her to pursue